Sentences with phrase «failed run for»

Both AFT and centrist Democrat reformers backed Hillary Clinton's failed run for the White House.

It traces the rise of publisher William Randolph Hearst, in the guise of Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), and included a failed run for governor of New York.

Espaillat successfully defended his senate seat, after making a failed run for Congress, pulling in 65 percent of the vote to Linares» 35 percent, with 85 percent of precincts reporting.

Cuomo, elected to his current post in 2006, has spent a lifetime in politics and public service including stints as a top advisor during his father's 1977 failed run for mayor as well as his successful run for governor in 1982, after which he came his father's special assistant, and, later, federal housing secretary under President Clinton.

To those who would say I am just settling a score over a failed run for the US Senate in 2000 - I will set the record straight.

Moskowitz, a former City Council member, founded the Success Academy network in 2006 after a failed run for Manhattan Borough President.

She has dodged question after question about the Jewish state and Israel's right to defend itself — starting in 2014 during her failed run for governor.

Perhaps they'll even invite Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who gleefully accepted the NRA's endorsement in her failed run for federal office.

In addition to his failed run for governor last year, Neumann also ran for the U.S. Senate in 1998 when he lost to Russ Feingold.

Denenberg's implosion has eased the pressure on the Senate GOP, and allowed more resources and attention to be dedicated to protecting Martins as he fights Haber, who largely self - funded a failed run for Nassau County executive last fall.

Were his many years in the State Assembly, failed run for mayor, and years as city comptroller all part of a plot to reach a perch just high enough to do evil but just low enough that no one would notice?

He was involved in Andrew Cuomo's first, failed run for governor in 2002, joined his staff when he was elected Attorney General in 2006 and then helped him win the governor's office in 2010.

In 1982, Koch had a failed run for governor and was beaten by Mario Cuomo, in what was a contentious Democratic primary race.

Republican Assemblywoman Jane Corwin has terminated the campaign committee she opened to bankroll her failed run for the seat vacated by scandal - scarred ex-Rep.

State Sen. Phil Boyle (R - Bay Shore) is moving to replenish his Senate campaign account after a failed run for Suffolk County sheriff.

Stringer's campaign also noted that Spitzer said in 1996 (two years after his first failed run for state attorney general): «I reveal my tax returns every year.

«You could even argue whether being a Muslim is actually a religion, or is it a nationality, way of life, a cult, whatever you want to call it,» he said during his failed run for governor.

That defeat means an end to the longtime liberal advocate's political career, which has included two losses for Senate nominations, as well as failed runs for the U.S. House and New York City Mayor.

«It's not because I'm a glutton for punishment,» he said of his two failed runs for state office.

Not exact matches

She plans to revisit the idea once in office, with an eye to addressing some of the failings of the current law, which allows for private insurers to vie for customers on federal and state - run health insurance exchanges.

If the car's not running quite right, there's no putting off fixing it, because you absolutely can not fail to show up for an appointment.

Oracle Corp. and Alphabet's Google unit failed to settle a long running copyright lawsuit over the Android operating system ahead of a retrial scheduled for May, according to a court docket.

The Verge report offers a good run - down of the technical specifics but, for present purposes, they can be summed up like this: the bitcoin community failed to agree on a system upgrade, which means the ledger's infrastructure faces a growing backlog, and it now takes over 40 minutes to confirm a transaction.

The first incident was in November 2016 when a MiG - 29K ran out of fuel while waiting for repairs to the arresting wire, and the second was just a month later, when an Su - 33 crashed because the arresting wire failed to hold the aircraft.

THE long - running bid by CI Resources Ltd for unlisted Christmas Island phosphate miner Phosphate Resources Ltd has hit a major hurdle, failing to win Federal Court approval for its proposed scheme of arrangement.

This kind of situation is going to be a fact of life for the next year or two, as more start - ups run fail to raise their next round of financing.

Look at any category governed by heavy regulations — e-cigarettes, medical marijuana, drones, wireless services, even unpasteurized milk — and you'll find a trail of failed also - rans for every company that's still standing.

But failure also would have been a good result, because the process of failing would still be highly beneficial in the long run for my life.»

Most startups fail for a variety of reasons, but one is far more common than others — running out of money.

The sound quality was fair and they stayed put in my ears during my runs but ultimately, I sent in the first one for a replacement because of sweat damage and the second one failed me for the same reason.

The IMF added that if growth was lower than expected or if the Greek government failed to meet targets for running a surplus on its budget excluding interest payments, there would be «significant increases in debt and gross financing needs».

It was rumored that he spent all of his time on things not related to the major problems, as a 29 year - old with little to no experience was running a failing multi-million dollar enterprise with too many problems to solve for one owner.

I personally have done three lots of spare room operations, two failed financially at an early stage and the last ran for 10 years before being wound up as the market moved away.

While the points made by these gentlemen are both valid and critically important, they fail to take note of four other dangerous subsidies: (1) the market perception that the Washington and Wall Street revolving door has rendered these firms immune from prosecution — even for repeated, illegal cartel behavior; (2) the ability to spend billions buying back their own stock, effectively propping up their own share price and bad behavior; (3) self - regulation with compromised bodies creating the market perception and reality of a competitive edge; and (4) Congress and the Supreme Court tolerating Wall Street running its own private justice system (mandatory arbitration) where corrupt acts are kept hidden from public view until they blow up into catastrophic events to the economy.

After failing to secure federal Conservative nominations in Calgary - Signal Hill and Bow River, Mr. Anders unsuccessfully appealed to the Wildrose Party executive to allow him to run for the leadership.

A relatively short run (attempting 400,000 payments) shows that payments succeed 99 % of the time, failing more often for micropayments than larger payments.

According to Quartz, 46 percent of startups fail due to running out of money, so find an outsourced partner that offers a flat rate for its service, with clear deliverables and a time line that gets you the most bang for your buck.

Sales people are natural optimists who tend to believe that one big «home run» account or a few top - dollar business leads are going to launch the business to the next level, but make sure that your prospects actually need your service (and are good business leads for your particular offering), or else you will fail to find high quality business leads and will struggle with appointment setting.

If you are not prepared for the challenges associated with running a franchise, you will eventually fail and lose your initial startup capital or investment.

If you buy a license for Marketo and hand that over to your intern... you're going to fail, and run up a big bill with Marketo!

Running through Christianity is a consistent ethic of respect for human life and dignity, and both parties fail in this regard.

I'm sorry I will not be voting for Obama, he has failed and its because no one has liked what he has had to offer, I will be voting for whoever is running against him, be it Mitt Romney or another member of the GOP.

Coming Clean by Seth Haines:: Coming Clean is not simply a book for alcoholics; it's a book for anyone who has dealt with pain and been left scrabbling after God when their coping mechanisms fail or easy answers run out.

Atheism offers nothing to me, it never has and never will, it doesn't make me feel good or comfort me, it's not there for me when I'm sick or ill, it won't intervene in my times of need or protect me from hate, it doesn't care if I fail or succeed, it won't wipe the tears from my eyes, it does nothing when I have no where to run, it won't give me wise words or advice, it has no teaches for me to learn, it can't show me what's bad or nice, it's never inspired or excited anyone, it won't help me fulfill all my goals, it won't tell me to stop when I'm having fun, it's never saved one single soul, it doesn't take credit for everything I achieve, it won't make me get down on bended knee, it doesn't demand that I have to believe, it won't torture me for eternity, it won't teach me to hate or despise others, it won't tell me what's right or wrong, it can't tell nobody not to be lovers, it's told no one they don't belong, it won't make you think life is worth living, it has nothing to offer me, that's true, but the reason Atheism offers me nothing is because I've never asked it to, Atheism offers nothing because it doesn't need to, Religion promises everything because you want it to, You don't need a Religion or to have faith, You just want it because you need to feel safe, I want to feel reality and nothing more, Atheism offers me everything that Religion has stolen before.

As for that erosion, recent data from the World Values Survey tells us that only 30 percent of U.S. millennials (i.e., those born after 1980) think it «essential» to live in a democracy; 24 percent of those same millennials think democracy a «bad» or «very bad» way to run a country; and only 19 percent judge it «illegitimate» for the military to take over when the government is incompetent or failing to do its job.

Capitalism develops a discipline of its own but in the long run makes for the overthrow of all discipline since the service of its god demands the encouragement of unlimited desire for that which promises — but must fail — to satisfy the lust of the flesh and the pride of life.

For while the Church is certainly run by fallible people who, even while representing the Church, can fail themselves and others, to focus on this aspect is to miss the point.

Why then waste so much time on worrying about where is the soul kept now on earth, than encouraging to soul to run the race with a good end so when judgment day comes the soul may be able to answer for what THE SOUL has been accomplished and failed.

The assertion that differentiation marches forward may be an accurate appraisal of long - term tendencies, but the apparent inevitability with which this process is portrayed fails to account for either the more specific tensions that develop in the short run or the precipitating events that engender these tensions.

When I fail, and sin, I run to him in repentance, asking for cleansing and forgiveness, because I don't want to be separated from him.